During the last week Chandra completed the observing schedule as
planned.

A Chandra photo release was issued on Jan 10 describing a new
visualization which allows viewers to control their own exploration
of the center of the Milky Way galaxy. This is a 360-degree movie
based on data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes.
Scientists have used the visualization to examine the effects Sag A*
has on its stellar neighbors.
For details see: http://chandra.si.edu/photo/2018/gcenter360/

A Chandra press release was issued on Jan 11 describing observations
of a rapidly growing black hole, the nucleus of galaxy SDSS J1354+1327.
The active nucleus has been seen to transition to an inactive state and
back to an active state. The changes in state are suspected to be
caused by clumps in the accretion stream. The distribution of matter
in the accretion stream seems to be the result of interactions with a
companion galaxy. For details see:
http://chandra.si.edu/press/18_releases/press_011118.html

The schedule of targets for the next week is shown below and includes
observations of GRB161219B, which are follow-up to a Target of
Opportunity accepted on May 8, observations of GW170817 and DM Tau which
are a follow-up to Director's Discretionary Time Targets of Opportunity
which were accepted on Nov 16 and Nov 22 respectively, and an observation
of GM Aur coordinated with HST and the VLA.